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29-DEC-2006	CameraShy09

Empty Life*

Kansas, USA

A change of pace for me. Trying to come up with something that evokes a sense of emotional emptiness. Monochrome is not my thing, but it seems necessary for the effect I want. Suggestions welcome.

Canon EOS 20D ,Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD IF
8s f/4.0 at 42.0mm iso100 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	29-Dec-2006 22:03:57
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	42 mm
Exposure Time	8.00 sec
Aperture	f/4
ISO Equivalent	100
Exposure Bias	-1.00
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	shutter priority (2)
Focus Distance

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alexeig		08-Jan-2007 19:22
Sad and powerful

Canon DSLR Challenge		08-Jan-2007 05:30
Nicely done. I don't think it could have been done any better. ~kt

Guest		07-Jan-2007 18:43
Gives me chills (errr, that's a good thing :-). -Michael

Canon DSLR Challenge		07-Jan-2007 18:34
Very moody, well-done. I'm not sure what I think about the noise on the person though--seems a bit too speckly to me. I don't mind it on the pavement and shoes for some reason. Heck, I don't know what I'm talking about :). --Melanie

jnconradie		02-Jan-2007 06:48
Intense! I think you did well to capture and portray emotion. (Perhaps a little too dark and grainy for me, but I know this is purely subjective.) Lovely stuff. Regards ~jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		02-Jan-2007 03:52
I like this - very sad/moody scene which portrays a sense of despair very well. Seems a little too grainy to me but very good none-the-less. CJ

Canon DSLR Challenge		31-Dec-2006 01:09
You beat me to it :-) I was gonna drive downtown and look for something like this. But I doubt I can do better. The posture, lightning, and reflection - all work superbly to convey the photo's theme. Well done. -dylan

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Dec-2006 22:44
You did well with the separation to avoid the blob. Just emote a bit more and it'll come through. :) A reflector will also help reveal that hidden arm as well - which makes me think... perhaps that is why I'm feeling an akwardness about this; there seems to be an arm missing, which didn't dawn on me the first time around. That's probably why I was instinctively feeling a need to bounce some light in there, which would reveal the second arm (if there is one!) and ease the uneasiness. :) ~ Lonnit

CameraShy09		30-Dec-2006 18:09
Thanks for the comments Lonnit. It is posed. I wanted to make sure there was some separation of the arms, legs and body. As dark as I envisioned the picture, I didn't want the person to be a solid mass of black. I look forward to playing around with this more tonight. (If it stops raining.)

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Dec-2006 17:54
I don't know exactly why, but this screamed "posed" to me. Somehow, it doesn't look like a natural position. I don't mind the grain in the rest of the shot, but I don't care for it in the jacket/hood. It looks like you might have pulled up the curve there, bringing out the noise. As for the lighting, I like it as is, but just put a reflector close to camera-left to bounce a bit of lighting back onto the subject. Not much, just a bit. The wet street is good. The shoes look nice and gritty. When doing the reshoot, think the despair, don't just pose it. The pose is ok, it's just missing the emotion. ~ Lonnit

CameraShy09		30-Dec-2006 15:32
I think I will try at least one other version of this, perhaps with the light in front of or above the subject instead of behind. I like the wet pavement and we'll be having more of that for a few days.

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Dec-2006 12:55
I also like the reflected high lights at the bottom of the image as well as the title. But it does make me sad... T

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Dec-2006 12:54
This is very much like Bruce Jones Self Portrait in the last Challenge. I'm not sure which is more effective...this does convey despair...hummm, have you tried the subject being a little brighter or does that not work at all? Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Dec-2006 12:21
I like the layered shadows of light and the hightened grainy effect. Sam Attal.